Stephen Lynch (Massachusetts) 2020?

[Suburbia]

I like him. Good Democratic congressman. Would he be a good presidential or vice presidential contender in 2020? He appeals to the same voters that President Trump won in 2016: white working class voters. He represents that part of Massachusetts. Would he be a good choice in 2020?

[Thunderbird is the word]

I could see Governor being more likely. He's pro-life so that's kind of a dealbreaker on a national ticket.

[Vosem]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

[Suburbia]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

[Thunderbird is the word]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

She might not be to Lynch's left on economic issues.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

She might not be to Lynch's left on economic issues.

She is in fact well to his right on them.

[Vosem]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

It's really not a working-class district any longer (though it still has working-class areas, sure). It's a Boston metropolitan area district that swung 9 points towards Hillary (from a 17-point win for Obama to a 26-point triumph for Hillary).

I still doubt that Wu wins, or even does particularly well (), but her choice of a target is rational: Lynch is out of step with what his district has become.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

It's really not a working-class district any longer (though it still has working-class areas, sure). It's a Boston metropolitan area district that swung 9 points towards Hillary (from a 17-point win for Obama to a 26-point triumph for Hillary).

I still doubt that Wu wins, or even does particularly well (), but her choice of a target is rational: Lynch is out of step with what his district has become.

"He seemed no longer perilous or terrible, nor filled with hidden power. Already he seemed to him, as by men of later days labor Democrats still at times are seen: present and yet remote, a living vision of that which has already been left far behind by the flowing streams of Time."

[Vosem]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

It's really not a working-class district any longer (though it still has working-class areas, sure). It's a Boston metropolitan area district that swung 9 points towards Hillary (from a 17-point win for Obama to a 26-point triumph for Hillary).

I still doubt that Wu wins, or even does particularly well (), but her choice of a target is rational: Lynch is out of step with what his district has become.

"He seemed no longer perilous or terrible, nor filled with hidden power. Already he seemed to him, as by men of later days labor Democrats still at times are seen: present and yet remote, a living vision of that which has already been left far behind by the flowing streams of Time."

Comparing Stephen Lynch to a fading 8,000 year old queen seems a bit over-the-top but ok

[Mr. Smith]

I'd gladly vote for him if he made it...but I don't see it happening.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

It's really not a working-class district any longer (though it still has working-class areas, sure). It's a Boston metropolitan area district that swung 9 points towards Hillary (from a 17-point win for Obama to a 26-point triumph for Hillary).

I still doubt that Wu wins, or even does particularly well (), but her choice of a target is rational: Lynch is out of step with what his district has become.

"He seemed no longer perilous or terrible, nor filled with hidden power. Already he seemed to him, as by men of later days labor Democrats still at times are seen: present and yet remote, a living vision of that which has already been left far behind by the flowing streams of Time."

Comparing Stephen Lynch to a fading 8,000 year old queen seems a bit over-the-top but ok

Galadriel's not a queen.

[DPKdebator]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

It's really not a working-class district any longer (though it still has working-class areas, sure). It's a Boston metropolitan area district that swung 9 points towards Hillary (from a 17-point win for Obama to a 26-point triumph for Hillary).

I still doubt that Wu wins, or even does particularly well (), but her choice of a target is rational: Lynch is out of step with what his district has become.

The closest "working class" areas are only in Boston and Brockton, outside of that the towns are all at least somewhat wealthy. While some parts of the district aren't terrible together (I know this district well since I live in it), it feels very gerrymandered (Boston, Brockton, and Hingham should not in any scenario be in the same congressional district).

[Figueira]

No.

[Intell]

Yes!

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

He would gladly have my vote!

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

This'll be hilarious when Brianna Wu takes him out

If Wu beats Lynch, a Republican could win. It's a working class district and she may be too leftist, too feminist for the district.

It's really not a working-class district any longer (though it still has working-class areas, sure). It's a Boston metropolitan area district that swung 9 points towards Hillary (from a 17-point win for Obama to a 26-point triumph for Hillary).

I still doubt that Wu wins, or even does particularly well (), but her choice of a target is rational: Lynch is out of step with what his district has become.

The closest "working class" areas are only in Boston and Brockton, outside of that the towns are all at least somewhat wealthy. While some parts of the district aren't terrible together (I know this district well since I live in it), it feels very gerrymandered (Boston, Brockton, and Hingham should not in any scenario be in the same congressional district).

Yeah, the border between this district and Capuano's is the most egregious one remaining in Massachusetts after the last redistricting. I'm not crazy about the way MA-01 and MA-02 are divided either--I live in Greenfield and I'm in a district with Worcester, which I go to maybe once every couple of years, rather than Springfield and the Berkshires, where I go all the time--but at least it looks clean and a case can be made that all alternative divisions would have been equally awkward.

This map that the Republicans proposed is an improvement in certain respects but it still doesn't exactly carve Franklin County at the joints and it replaces Lynch's actually-existing bizarre district with an equally bizarre district for him to fight Keating in.

[publicunofficial]

I think whenever Bronz hears of a Democratic politician who is largely unpopular with the base, he immediately adds him or her to the list of 2020 Contenders.

"Hey guys, what do you think of a Dan Lipinski/Zell Miller ticket? I really like both of them"